The first day of spring looks like this

By Julie Westfall and Tenny Tatusian

March 20, 2015 12:40 PM PT

It’s the first day of spring and depending on where you are, it’s either a lovely little moment or not that much different than the dead of winter. From our perch in L.A. we offer the East Coast our sympathies and hope the scene from here does not cause too much bitterness.

It’s 31 degrees in Boston and 35 degrees in New York. In Seattle, it’s a crisp 58 degrees while in Los Angeles it’s a lovely 74. Or as one Twitter user pointed out, it’s Friday.

Snow doesn't know about spring in D.C.

The Smithsonian Institution Building known as the Castle is visible as a pedestrian walks through light snow on the first day of spring in Washington.

The city got a dusting today and a wintry mix was expected to turn to rain by the end of the first day of spring.

Or in Boston, really

Not a strong first outing for spring in NYC

Not bad, Seattle

View of downtown Seattle from the Space Needle Live Camera.

Spaceneedle.com/webcam

The view from Seattle Space Needle today is not too shabby.

And then there's this

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Julie Westfall

Julie Westfall is the former deputy politics editor at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she led real-time news at The Times. She has also worked in breaking-news editing roles at Digital First Media in New York City, NPR-affiliate KPCC in Los Angeles, and the regional news startup TBD.com in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Florida and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali.